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Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Fourth Report (1998) / Chapter Skim
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5 Fuel Strategy
Pages 70-74

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From page 70...
... Although this shortcoming was noted by the committee in previous reports, no consensus by the PNGV members has been reached on weighing trade-offs between the energy consumed or emissions produced by the vehicle and the energy consumed or emissions occasioned by fuel processing and distribution. However, the critical role of the transportation fuel supply infrastructure has been acknowledged by PNGV now that fuel cells and CIDI engines have emerged as primary power-plant concepts (see Appendix F)
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From page 71...
... As particulate emissions standards become more stringent, lower fuel sulfur levels will almost certainly be required, as well as other measures to control particulate emissions. Lower sulfur content will also be necessary if a petroleum fuel is used as the feedstock for an onboard reformer for a fuel cell, and lower sulfur levels will be beneficial for NOx treatment technologies.
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From page 72...
... Even the widespread distribution of a new diesel fuel suited to automobiles would be a significant problem in the United States. Another important characteristic of the transportation fuels industry is that it consists of a large number of companies that vary widely in size, location of facilities, product mix, type of crude oil available, and many other significant factors.
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From page 73...
... . emissions the development of the next generation of clean automobile and fuel tech nologies the development of cost-effective automotive and fuel technology mea sures to improve air quality PNGV should evaluate the European and Japanese programs that involve the transportation fuels industry when designing an appropriate integrated approach for the United States.
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From page 74...
... The overall societal goals of the PNGV program should be clarified to include potential secondary energy and emissions effects.
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  • energy losses
  • oil available
  • sulfur levels
  • cidi engine
  • onboard reformer

  • lower sulfur
  • plant typically
  • x treatment
  • total energy
  • intensive business

  • pngv goal
  • secondary interactions
  • european auto
  • internal combustion
  • emissions effects

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  • basic fuel
  • producing dme
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